All sarees
161 sarees so far, best known first. 42 more are on the list to be written.
🇧🇩 BangladeshDhakai
A cotton saree from Dhaka, once woven with the jamdani techniqueCotton · Jamdani
🇮🇳 IndiaMangalagiri sari
A cotton sari from Mangalagiri with a zari border and a plain bodyCotton · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaShaphee Lanphee
A black Manipuri shawl with red borders, embroidered by hand with animals, sun and starsCotton · Embroidery
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 4 moreKebayaꦏꦼꦧꦪ
A front-opening blouse worn across Southeast Asia with a sarong or kainCotton · Embroidery
🇮🇳 IndiaKasta sariनऊवारी साड़ी
A nine-yard Maharashtra sari tucked at the back and worn like a dhotiCotton
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 5 moreIkat
A resist-dyeing method that patterns yarns before they are wovenCotton · Ikat
🇮🇳 IndiaBafta
A plain-woven cotton calico from Gujarat, woven at Bharuch and traded far and wideCotton
🇮🇳 IndiaToda embroidery
Red and black counted embroidery on white cotton, worked by Toda women of the NilgirisCotton · Embroidery
🇮🇳 IndiaAntariya
An ancient lower body garment from India made of a long cotton or silk stripCotton
🇮🇳 IndiaBalaramapuram handloom
Cotton handloom cloth from Kerala, finished with a golden zari kasavu borderCotton · Zari work · Brocade
🇮🇳 IndiaBagh print
Hand block printing with natural red and black dyes from a village on the Bagh riverCotton · Block print
🇮🇳 IndiaLeirum Pheeꯂꯩꯔꯨꯝ ꯐꯤ
A rough cotton wrapper from Manipur, woven in white, black and red for Meitei weddingsCotton
🇮🇳 IndiaTangaliya shawl
A Gujarat shawl woven on pit looms, its dots raised by knots of contrast threadCotton
🇲🇲 MyanmarLongyiလုံချည်
A tube of cloth worn in Myanmar, folded at the waist without a knotCotton · Checks and stripes · Batik
🇧🇩 BangladeshGrameen checkগ্রামীণ চেক
Bright checked cotton from Bangladesh, woven by village weavers in traditional waysCotton · Checks and stripes
🇮🇳 IndiaWangkhei Phee
A fine white cotton cloth from Manipur, woven sheer and worn for weddingsCotton · Brocade
🇮🇩 IndonesiaParang batik꧋ꦧꦠꦶꦏ꧀ꦥꦫꦁ
A diagonal Javanese batik motif of interlocking S shapes, read as ocean wavesSilk · Batik
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreMuslin
A fine plain-weave cotton from Bengal, once sheer enough to see throughCotton
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreHandloom sari
Saris woven by hand on village looms in India and BangladeshSilk · Brocade · Zari work
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 5 moreSarongsarung
A tubular waist-wrap of batik or checks, worn across Asia, Africa and the Pacific.Cotton · Batik · Ikat
🇮🇳 IndiaIlkal sari
A Karnataka sari with a cotton body and a loop-joined silk palluCotton · Embroidery · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaPheichom
A men's wrap of the Meitei people of Manipur, worn like the dhoti, in cotton or silkCotton · Block print
🇮🇳 IndiaKutch embroidery
Mirror-set hand embroidery from Kutch district, Gujarat, worked mainly by womenCotton · Embroidery · Mirror work
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreDhoti
An unstitched cloth tied at the waist and worn to the ankle, the men's answer to the sariCotton
🇮🇳 IndiaSujini embroidery
A Bihar quilt craft where women stitch stories with a simple running stitchCotton · Embroidery
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 3 moreSongketᬲᭀᬂᬓᬾᬢ᭄
A hand-woven brocade cloth of Southeast Asia, patterned with gold or silver threadSilk · Brocade · Zari work
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreChintzछींट
A painted or woodblock-printed floral cotton cloth originating in GolcondaCotton · Block print · Hand painting
🇮🇳 IndiaChanderi sari
A fine silk or cotton sari woven in Chanderi, Madhya Pradesh, with zari motifsSilk · Brocade · Zari work
🇱🇦 Laos and 1 moreSinhສິ້ນ
A handmade tube skirt in silk or cotton, worn in Laos and northeast ThailandSilk
🇮🇳 IndiaGadwal sari
A handwoven sari from Telangana with a cotton body, silk border and zari palluCotton · Zari work
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 1 moreNakshi kanthaনকশি কাঁথা
An embroidered quilt from Bengal, stitched from old sarees with a simple running stitch.Cotton · Kantha · Embroidery
🇮🇳 IndiaSurat zari
Metal threads from Surat district for patterns in silk fabricsSilk · Zari work · Embroidery
🇮🇳 IndiaTansukh cloth
A fine cotton cloth of medieval India, used for women's bodices and sarisCotton
🇮🇳 IndiaChattayum mundumചട്ടയും മുണ്ടും
A two-piece white cotton dress of Kerala's Syrian Christian womenCotton · Embroidery
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 1 moreTangail saree
A Bengal handloom saree in cotton or silk, known for stepped extra-weft patterns.Cotton · Jamdani · Brocade
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreAbrawan
A fine muslin from the Indian subcontinent, named for water in motionCotton · Zari work
🇮🇳 India and 4 moreBlock printing
Printing patterns on cotton, silk and linen with carved wooden blocksCotton · Block print
🇮🇳 IndiaHabaspuri sari
A tie-dye cotton handloom sari from Kalahandi, Odisha, with fish and temple motifsCotton · Tie-dye
🇮🇳 IndiaBegampuri Sareeবেগমপুরী শাড়ি
A handloom cotton saree from Begampur, West Bengal, with a contrasting borderCotton · Checks and stripes
🇮🇳 IndiaTripuri dress
A woven cotton wrap from Tripura, with its own pattern for each Tripuri clan.Cotton
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 1 moreTangail saree
A handwoven Bengali saree named for Tangail, woven in Bangladesh and West BengalCotton · Jamdani
🇹🇿 Tanzania and 4 moreKanga
A printed cotton wrap worn in East Africa, often carrying a Swahili proverbCotton · Block print · Hand painting
🇮🇩 IndonesiaUlosᯥᯞᯘᯬ᯲
A handwoven Batak cloth from North Sumatra, draped at weddings to bind bride and groom.Cotton
🇲🇷 Mauritania and 5 moreMelhfa
A cotton rectangle wound from head to toe against desert sun, sand and coldCotton · Embroidery
🇧🇩 BangladeshComilla khadi
Hand-spun, hand-woven cloth from Comilla, Bangladesh, once woven on pit loomsCotton
🇮🇳 IndiaOnnara
A cotton undergarment tied tightly at the waist by Hindu women in KeralaCotton
🇧🇹 BhutanDumdyam
An ankle-length Lepcha wrap of one smooth cloth, solid in colour, held by a waistbandCotton
🇮🇳 IndiaGaji
A coarse handloom cloth of cotton or silk, wrapped as a sari and used for winter clothingCotton
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Chanderi sari: India Untravelled, CC BY 2.0, source
- Kanga: Petr Berka ( Petrberka ), Public domain, source
- Tangail saree: P.K.Niyogi, Public domain, source
- Dhakai: Amit Sen, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Kebaya: Simon_sees, CC BY 2.0, source
- Ikat: Midori, CC BY 3.0, source
- Kasta sari: Dakutaa at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Antariya: Raja Ravi Varma, Public domain, source
- Bagh print: Mrqd9, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Longyi: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Parang batik: Q100422095, Public domain, source
- Muslin: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Sarong: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Ilkal sari: T B Dinesh, CC0, source
- Handloom sari: P.K.Niyogi, Public domain, source
- Ulos: Boy Lawson, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Pheichom: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Kutch embroidery: Jainamishra, CC BY 3.0, source
- Dhoti: Redaloes at English Wikipedia, Public domain, source
- Songket: Rijksmuseum, CC0, source
- Chintz: Karun Thakar Collection photo. Work by unknown Coromandel artisans. Ph, Public domain, source
- Sinh: YashiWong, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Nakshi kantha: A junaid alam khan ( talk ), Public domain, source
- Surat zari: Hiart, CC0, source
- Chattayum mundum: Alexander J. Mapleton, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Block printing: William Morris, Public domain, source
- Tripuri dress: Bijayan tripura, CC0, source